US9333203B2 - Pharmaceutical formulations and uses thereof in the treatment of female sexual dysfunction - Google Patents

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US9333203B2
US9333203B2 US12/084,756 US8475606A US9333203B2 US 9333203 B2 US9333203 B2 US 9333203B2 US 8475606 A US8475606 A US 8475606A US 9333203 B2 US9333203 B2 US 9333203B2
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  • the invention relates to the field of female sexual dysfunction. It specifically relates to the influence of the combination of testosterone or an analogue thereof and tadalafil on sexual health in female subjects with Female Sexual Dysfunction (such as Female Sexual Arousal Disorder (FSAD) or Female Sexual Desire Disorder (FSDD)). It further relates to the influence of the combination of testosterone or an analogue thereof and a compound capable of at least in part inhibiting smooth muscle constriction, for example a compound capable of at least in part inhibiting the adrenergic tone.
  • the invention further discloses other combinatorial therapies in the treatment of Female Sexual Dysfunction.
  • Female Sexual Dysfunction refers to various disturbances or impairments of sexual function, including a lack of interest in sexual activity, repeated failure to attain or maintain sexual excitement, inability to attain an orgasm following sufficient arousal.
  • cGMP cyclic guanosine monophosphate
  • the genitalia of both sexes have common embryological origins. Recently, it has been shown that the clitoris consists of an erectile tissue complex, which embeds the anterior vaginal wall (O'connel et al 1998). Clitoral erection and the anterior wall of the vagina are highly involved in female sexual arousal and response. It has recently been shown that sildenafil—a PDE5-inhibitor—improves sexual performance in sexual functional women. Furthermore, it has recently been found that smooth muscle relaxation and engorgement of the rat clitoris is caused by the same intra- and extracellular mechanisms as in penile erection (Gragasin, et al., 2004).
  • Vaginal Pulse Amplitude cannot be considered to be the equivalent of an erection.
  • a necessary but not sufficient condition for an erection is dilatation of arteries and resulting increased blood inflow.
  • corpora corpus cavernosa (two) and corpus spongiosum (one) containing small irregular compartments (vascular spaces).
  • the smooth muscles in the cavernous sinusoidal walls are normally tonically constricted under the control of an active sympathetic (adrenergic) tone.
  • NANC non cholinergic non adrenergic nerve innervations
  • nitric oxide nerve innervations
  • sympathetic innervations of the blood vessels are sparse, while the trabecular smooth muscles are richly innervated by this system.
  • the blood vessels of the penis are richly innervated by the parasympathetic system, while innervations of the trabecular smooth muscles by this system are sparse.
  • nitric oxide (NO) released from NANC nerves and endothelium induces production of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP).
  • cGMP is a key mechanism in relaxing smooth muscle, necessary for the induction of an erection.
  • the production and release of NO might be influenced by a decrease in activity of the sympathetic branch, for example through the resulting reduction of heterotropic inhibition of the parasympathetic branch, which is mediated by the same post ganglionic sympathetic ganglion.
  • the present invention provides multiple new combinations of therapeutic substances, preferably given in a particular convenient dosage scheme, which combination is effective and does not have serious side effects.
  • the invention provides the use of a combination of testosterone or an analogue thereof and tadalafil, in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of female sexual dysfunction, wherein said testosterone or an analogue thereof and tadalafil are released at essentially the same time and wherein said testosterone or an analogue thereof is provided such that there is a peak of testosterone or an analogue thereof in the blood circulation of the subject to whom it is administered.
  • an effect on the central nervous system and the peripheral system are required, whereby the signal to the central system is provided by testosterone or an analogue thereof (having the same kind of activity) and the peripheral signal is provided by tadalafil.
  • the level of free testosterone should be a peak plasma level of free testosterone at least of about 0.010 nmol/L, which will typically occur between 1 and 20 minutes after administration of the testosterone. About three and a half to five and a half hours after this plasma testosterone peak, there is a testosterone effect peak, i.e. there is a time lag in the effect of testosterone on genital arousal in sexually functional women. Until recently, it was thought that tadalafil should be administered a couple of hours after the testosterone to be at least partly effective in the treatment of FSD.
  • testosterone or an analogue thereof and tadalafil may be released at essentially the same time (resulting in an overlap of the effect of tadalafil and the effect of testosterone) and that this results in the treatment of FSD.
  • testosterone or an analogue thereof and tadalafil are released within the to be treated subject within 30 minutes from each other, preferably 25-30 minutes, more preferably 20-25 minutes, even more preferably 15-20 or 10-15 minutes and most preferably the two compounds are released in the subject within 5 to 10 minutes from each other.
  • testosterone (or an analogue thereof) and tadalafil are both formulated to provide release of the active compound a couple of hours (for example 2 hours) after administration (i.e. delayed release) in such a way that they are released at essentially the same time, for example within 30 minutes from each other.
  • the formulations must be taken at least 3-41 ⁇ 2 hours plus the release time (in this example 2 hours) before sexual activity.
  • testosterone (or an analogue thereof) and tadalafil such that they are essentially both released upon administration. In such a case, the formulations must be taken approximately 3-41 ⁇ 2 hours before sexual activity.
  • testosterone (or an analogue thereof) and tadalafil can be formulated separately (in which case the formulations can be taken at the same time or subsequently) or the compounds can be formulated in one and the same formulation in which case the compounds are taken at the same time.
  • testosterone (or an analogue) thereof and tadalafil are administered or taken at the same time, thereby reducing the risk of forgetting to take one of the formulations (at all or in time) and thus increasing the change of an effective treatment.
  • testosterone (or an analogue thereof) and tadalafil may also be taken separately in time.
  • care must be taken that the release of the active ingredients (i.e. tadalafil and testosterone) are such that they are released at essentially the same time.
  • testosterone is released at the latest 3-41 ⁇ 2 hours before the effect of tadalafil starts decreasing which is approximately after 12-24 hours.
  • the invention provides use of a combination of testosterone or an analogue thereof and tadalafil, in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of FSD, wherein tadalafil is released or administered in a subject prior to testosterone or an analogue thereof and wherein said testosterone or an analogue thereof is provided such that there is a peak of testosterone or an analogue thereof in the blood circulation of the subject to whom it is administered.
  • tadalafil is released 2-14 hours, more preferably 4-12 hours and most preferably 6-10 hours prior to testosterone or an analogue thereof.
  • Such an approach is very useful for sexual activity in the morning.
  • tadalafil is administrated/taken in such a formulation that it is released upon administration or within for example 1 hour.
  • Testosterone is provided such that it is released after 6-10 hours. The release is arranged such that 3 to 4% hours later, the female in question awakes and is primed for sexual activity.
  • Testosterone is preferably given in a formulation wherein there is a (short-lasting) (high, i.e. 10-100 times increase of normal testosterone serum levels) peak of testosterone in the blood circulation of the subject to whom it is administered.
  • the term “short-lasting” means that there is a sharp increase of the serum testosterone level and approximately 1-20 minutes after administration a peak serum level of testosterone is obtained. The peak serum level sharply decreases and after approximately 120 minutes the testosterone serum level is back to the level before testosterone administration.
  • the invention therefore provides a use, wherein the testosterone or an analogue thereof is provided in the form of a sublingual formulation, preferably a sublingual formulation comprising cyclodextrins as carrier.
  • a suitable route of administration is buco-mucosally or intranasally, which can also be performed with the use of a cyclodextrin formulation or other usual excipients, diluents and the like.
  • a typical example of a formulation is given in hydroxypropyl-beta cyclodextrin, but other beta cyclodextrins and other usual excipients, diluents and the like are within the skill of the art for preparing a formulation comprising testosterone or an analogue thereof, which releases essentially all of the testosterone within one short burst.
  • Said burst will typically be within a short time interval (for example within 60-120 seconds, more preferably within 60 seconds) upon administration, leading to blood peak levels of testosterone about 1-20 minutes later.
  • the pharmaceutical is designed for sublingual administration and even more preferred said composition comprises cyclodextrin such as hydroxypropyl-beta cyclodextrin.
  • cyclodextrin such as hydroxypropyl-beta cyclodextrin.
  • a typical example of a prepared testosterone sample (for 0.5 mg of testosterone) consists of 0.5 mg testosterone, 5 mg hydroxypropyl-betacyclodextrines (carrier), 5 mg ethanol, and 5 ml water, but each of the amounts of these substances might be higher or lower.
  • Testosterone in the circulation is typically bound by SHBG (steroid hormone binding globulin) and by albumin. It is important that the peak plasma level of testosterone as defined in the present invention is present and calculated as free testosterone, so a fraction not bound by albumin and SHBG. Thus the dose of testosterone given should be high enough to saturate the albumin and SHBG (i.e the concentration of testosterone must be high enough to overcome complete binding of testosterone by SHBG or albumin), or another way of avoiding binding to albumin or SHBG must be designed, such as the use of a competitor for the testosterone binding site on SHBG.
  • SHBG steroid hormone binding globulin
  • albumin steroid hormone binding globulin
  • the routes of administration of choice are those which are the least invasive (for example oral, buco-mucosal or intranasal). Motivation for sexual behaviour should not be negatively influenced by invasive routes of administration.
  • the invention also provides a kit of parts comprising at least one pharmaceutical composition comprising testosterone or an analogue thereof and at least one pharmaceutical composition comprising tadalafil wherein said kit further comprises instructions in respect to the administration of said compositions, preferably the kit comprises instructions to administer said compositions at essentially the same time or said kit comprises instructions to first administrate tadalafil and later on testosterone.
  • said composition comprising testosterone is designed to release all testosterone essentially immediately (for example within 60 seconds) at the target site.
  • Said kit preferably contains instructions to use a pharmaceutical composition comprising testosterone and a pharmaceutical comprising tadalafil 3.5-4.5 hours prior to sexual activity. It is clear to the skilled person that the kit of parts contains an effective amount of each active ingredient.
  • the kit of parts may comprise a sublingual formulation of testosterone or an analogue thereof and a tablet or another formulation comprising tadalafil.
  • the amount of testosterone per pharmaceutical composition comprising testosterone is at least 0.3 mg testosterone and at most 2.5 mg testosterone. Higher or lower doses may be necessary depending on the albumin and SHBG levels and the weight of the subject to be treated.
  • the pharmaceutical composition comprising tadalafil comprises at least 5 mg tadalafil and at most 20 mg tadalafil. Again this dose may vary with the weight of the patient.
  • a kit according to the invention may further comprise a compound capable of competing with testosterone (or an analogue thereof) for SHBG binding.
  • Testosterone is also known under the chemical name 17- ⁇ -hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one which can be obtained in various ways: it may be isolated and purified from nature or synthetically produced by any manner.
  • the term “or an analogue thereof” includes any useful metabolite or precursor of testosterone, for example the metabolite dihydrotestosterone. If an analogue of testosterone is used, the herein described timeframes might be subject to some change, but this can easily be ascertained by the skilled person without any undue burden.
  • Tadalafil is chemically designated as pyrazino[1′,2′:1,6]pyrido[3,4-b]indole-1,4-dione, 6-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2,3,6,7,12,12a-hexahydro-2-methyl-, (6R,12aR)-.
  • each tablet contains the following ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hypromellose, iron oxide, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, sodium lauryl sulfate, talc, titanium dioxide, and triacetin.
  • the tablets can be taken as such or are formulated in a for example slow-release formulation.
  • kit may further comprise means for cognitive interventions and stimulation.
  • Such information may be present on any data carrier (paper, CD, DVD), passive or interactive, or it may be a link to a website at least partially designed for the purpose of said cognitive stimulation.
  • kits of the present invention may be added to said kit which stimulates the mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway in the subject.
  • This pathway is concerned with a relatively different kind of reward system which helps providing an increase in rewardseeking involved in sexual behaviour.
  • Examples of such compounds are Apomorphine, a dopamine D2 agonist; Aripiprazole, a partial dopamine D2 agonist; Pergolide, a nonselectieve dopamine (DA) agonist; Pramipexole, a new dopamine receptor agonist with preference for D3 compared to D2 and D4 receptors; Bromocriptine, a nonselectieve dopamine (DA) agonist; Ropinirole hydrochloride, a non-ergoline dopamine agonist with a relatively high in vitro specificity and full intrinsic activity at the D 2 and D 3 dopamine receptor subtypes; it binds with higher affinity to D 3 than to D 2 or D 4 receptor subtypes; Roxindole, a potent (autoreceptor)-“selective” D3 dopamine agonist; Cabergoline, a dopamine D2 agonist; Lisuride, a nonselectieve dopamine (DA)
  • a substance is (optionally) added which inhibits the central and peripheral adrenergic tone, i.e. inhibits or dampens central and peripheral extracellular norepinephrine concentrations.
  • Activation of alpha 2 adrenoreceptors located in the central nervous system results in inhibition of sympathetic tone.
  • alpha 2 adrenoreceptors located in the central nervous system results in inhibition of sympathetic tone.
  • examples of such compounds are clonidine, an alpha 2 adrenoreceptor agonist; imidazoline, a partial alpha 2 adrenoreceptor agonist; and dexmedetomidine, an alpha 2 adrenoreceptor agonist.
  • Antagonism of alpha 1 adrenergic receptors in the periphery blocks the effects of the adrenergic tone (norepinephrine).
  • examples of such compounds are Prazosin, thymoxamine (moxisylyte), NMI-870, HMP12 or phentolamine
  • VTA ventral tegmental area
  • NAS nucleus accumbens
  • Aripiprazole is, among others, an example of a drug which influences dopaminergic pathways, and which may be used in combination with testosterone or an analogue thereof and a PDE5-inhibitor to affect sexual motivation and behaviour.
  • Aripiprazol is a high-affinity partial agonist of the dopamine D2 receptor and serotonin 5-HT1a receptor, and antagonist of the 5-HT2a receptor.
  • Aripiprazol is described as a dopamine system stabilizer which is due to its partial agonistic actions at the D2 receptor, especially the presynaptic D2 receptors, for which it has higher affinity. Stimulation of autoreceptors located on dopamine nerve terminals results in an inhibition of dopamine synthesis and release.
  • aripiprazol would antagonize presynaptic D2 receptors, freeing the NAS-projecting DA nuclei in the VTA from autoinhibition.
  • the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) mediates behavioural inhibition. Dopamine in the mPFC plays an important role in behavioural inhibition.
  • mPFC-DA's inhibitory role is the inhibition of the meso-accumbens DA system; high extracellular concentrations of mPFC-DA inhibit meso-accumbal DA activity, and low extracellular concentrations of mPFC-DA activate meso-accumbal DA activity through disinhibition. It is therefore conceivable that a dopaminergic role in FSD is not restricted to meso-accumbal DA, but extendable to mPFC-DA, where symptoms of FSD are enhanced with high activity of mPFC-DA, albeit via inhibition of accumbal DA or via inhibition of other cognitive or emotional factors involved in FSAD.
  • aripiprazol will then have a positive effect on alleviation of FSD (symptomatology) through agonism of presynaptic D2 receptor in the mPFC, thereby inhibiting DA release in this area.
  • Anticipating sexual reward will produce arousal of the genitalia, in which at least three key neurotransmitters are involved: acetylcholine, norepinephrine and nitric oxide. Acetylcholine and nitric oxide both promote erections in men and lubrication and swelling in women. Norepinephrine inhibits erections in men and lubrication and swelling in women.
  • Orgasm the consummatory phase of human sexual response is facilitated by descending spinal noradrenergic fibers and innervation of the genitalia, and inhibited by descending spinal serotonergic fibers.
  • the kit of parts is useful for any individual suffering from any form of FSD, be it through psychological or physiological causes or combinations thereof. It is thus also useful for subjects having FSD because of other medicines and/or drugs—such as SSRI's—; subjects suffering from hypogonadism, etcetera.
  • Treatments with a dosage of testosterone combined with tadalafil produce alterations in brain and bodily functions which will make learning of positive associations between sexual stimuli, genital arousal and subjective experience possible.
  • the treatment of FSD with a combination of testosterone and tadalafil is preferably augmented by an “approach induction” treatment.
  • the central en bodily processes activated by testosterone and tadalafil under sexually relevant stimulation need to be perceived and need to become associated with a positive hedonic tone or with activation of the behavioral approach system.
  • the treatment of FSD might consist of creating a situation in which the patient learns to associate genital arousal with a positive hedonic tone or activation of the behavioral approach system. This requires inducement of genital arousal (by sexual stimuli and tadalafil), sustained attention to sexual stimuli and to genital arousal (made possible by testosterone) and activation of the behavioral approach system (by subliminal presentation of pictures of happy faces).
  • the invention further provides a method for treating a female suffering from female sexual dysfunction by providing to said female a combination of tadalafil and testosterone or an analogue thereof.
  • a PDE5-inhibitor replacement is a compound which is at least capable of partly inhibiting smooth muscle constriction in general and preferably is a compound which is at least capable of partly inhibiting (or dampening) the adrenergic tone.
  • Inhibition or dampening of the adrenergic tone should be read to result in: (i) a decrease in the amount of available norepinephrine at the adrenoreceptors (for example by inhibiting norepinephrine synthesis or emission through autoreceptor agonism) and/or (ii) a decrease in the effect of the available norepinephrine at the postsynaptic adrenoreceptor (for example by blocking postsynaptic adrenergic receptors), and/or (iii) a decrease in the effect of postsynaptic adrenoreceptor activation (for example, by interfering downstream of norepinephrine).
  • the invention therefore provides the use of a combination of testosterone or an analogue thereof and a compound capable of at least in part inhibiting the adrenergic tone, in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of FSD, wherein said testosterone or an analogue thereof is provided such that there is a peak of testosterone or an analogue thereof in the blood circulation of the subject to whom it is administered.
  • said compound capable of at least in part inhibiting the adrenergic tone is an alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonist, such as Prazosin, thymoxamine (moxisylyte), NMI-870, HMP12 or phentolamine, or alpha 2 adrenoreceptor agonists, such as clonidine (an alpha 2 adrenoreceptor agonist), imidazoline (a partial alpha 2 adrenoreceptor agonist) or dexmedetomidine (an alpha 2 adrenoreceptor agonist).
  • alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonist such as Prazosin, thymoxamine (moxisylyte), NMI-870, HMP12 or phentolamine
  • alpha 2 adrenoreceptor agonists such as clonidine (an alpha 2 adrenoreceptor agonist), imidazoline (a partial alpha 2 ad
  • Suitable concentrations and formulations of testosterone (or an analogue thereof) are as outlined above.
  • the above mentioned compounds for example the mentioned adrenoceptor antagonists
  • the above mentioned compounds must be dosed and released in such a way that their effect at least partly coincide with the effect of testosterone, i.e. the effect of said compounds must be present 3.5-5.5 hours after the release of testosterone (or an analogue thereof).
  • the skilled person can, based on the pharmacological kinetics of said compounds, easily determine a suitable formulation as well as a suitable concentration for said compounds.
  • PDE5 is part of the parasympathetic chain and the presence of PDE5 results in inhibition of smooth muscle relaxation and thus subsequently contraction of smooth muscle tissue. Inhibition of PDE5 via PDE5-inhibitors is one way in which FSD can be treated. It is however also possible to facilitate a parasympathetically driven response (i.e facilitation of smooth muscle relaxation) by using compounds such as an organic nitrate (for example nitroglycerin which is a guanylyl cyclase stimulant), a K+ channel opener (for example BMS-2231321), a PGE1 agonist (for example alprostadil or prostacycline or a Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP) agonist (for example aviptadil) or by administering nitric oxide (for example via inhalation) or L-arginine glutamate (precursor of NO).
  • an organic nitrate for example nitroglycerin which is a guanylyl cycla
  • the invention further provides use of testosterone (or an analogue thereof) in combination with any of the above-mentioned compounds (for example a compound capable of at least in part inhibiting or dampening the adrenergic tone) in combination with a PDE5-inhibitor, such as vardenafil, sildenafil or tadalafil or any of the other known PDE5-inhibitors.
  • a PDE5-inhibitor such as vardenafil, sildenafil or tadalafil or any of the other known PDE5-inhibitors.
  • PDE5-inhibitors The amount of PDE5-inhibitors is still expanding and non-limiting examples are the following: E-4021, E-8010, E-4010, AWD-12-217 (zaprinast), AWD 12-210, UK-343,664, UK-369003, UK-357903, BMS-341400, BMS-223131, FR226807, FR-229934, EMR-6203, Sch-51866, IC485, TA-1790, DA-8159, NCX-911 or KS-505a. Other examples can be found in WO 96/26940.
  • tadalafil may be administered in such a way that it is released at the same time as testosterone. It may however also be provided as described below for vardenafil or sildenafil.
  • Vardenafil or sildenafil are preferably provided in such a way that their peak effect at least partly overlaps with the effect of testosterone.
  • testosterone is provided first (preferably as a sublingual formulation) and vardenafil or sildenafil are preferably provided approximately 1.5-2.5 hours after the administration of the testosterone, even more preferably such that C max arises about 3 to 4 hours after the plasma free testosterone peak.
  • This is for example realized by a sustained release version of sildenafil or vardenafil, or through a delayed release formulation.
  • vardenafil HCl which is designated chemically as piperazine, 1-[[3-(1,4-dihydro-5-methyl-4-oxo-7-propylimidazo[5,1-f][1,2,4]triazin-2-yl)-4-ethoxyphenyl]sulfonyl]-4-ethyl-, monohydrochloride.
  • each tablet contains microcrystalline cellulose, crospovidone, colloidal silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, polyethylene glycol, titanium dioxide, yellow ferric oxide, and red ferric oxide.
  • sildenafil citrate which is chemically designated as 1-[[3-(6,7-dihydro-1-methyl-7-oxo-3-propyl-1Hpyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidin-5-yl)-4-ethoxyphenyl]sulfonyl]-4-methylpiperazine citrate.
  • each tablet contains the following ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, titanium dioxide, lactose, triacetin, and FD & C Blue #2 aluminum lake.
  • the amount of testosterone per pharmaceutical composition comprising testosterone is at least 0.3 mg testosterone and at most 2.5 mg testosterone. Higher or lower doses may be necessary depending on the albumin and SHBG levels and the weight of the subject to be treated.
  • the pharmaceutical composition comprising a PDE5-inhibitor comprises at least 25 mg sildenafil (or 5 mg vardenafil, or 5 mg tadalafil) and at most 100 mg sildenafil (or 20 mg vardenafil, or 20 mg tadalafil), or comparable dosages of other PDE5-inhibitors. Again these doses may vary with the weight of the patient.
  • a kit according to the invention may further comprise a compound capable of competing with testosterone or an analogue thereof for SHBG binding).
  • the above mentioned combination of compounds for example testosterone (or an analogue thereof) and a compound capable of at least in part inhibiting the adrenergic tone and optionally a PDE5-inhibitor
  • a kit of parts preferably accompanied with instructions how and when to administrate the separate (or combined) compounds.
  • kit may further comprise means for cognitive interventions directing attention to genital arousal during appropriate conditions for sufficient sexual stimulation or means for cognitive interventions inducing activation of the behavioural approach system or a positive hedonic tone by subliminal exposure to pictures of happy faces of persons of the patient's sexually preferred gender.
  • a kit of parts may further comprise an agonist of the dopamine-pathway.
  • PDE5 In the absence of PDE5-inhibitor, PDE5 binds to cGMP and inhibits the closing of calcium channels and opening of the potassium channels (i.e inhibits hyperpolarization of the smooth muscle), and thus it inhibits smooth muscle relaxation.
  • the interaction between PDE5 and cGMP is accomplished by the interaction of the PDE5's GAF-A N-terminal domain which are a potential target for drug development.
  • the invention provides use of a combination of testosterone or an analogue thereof and a compound capable of at least in part inhibiting the interaction between a GAF-A domain and cGMP (for example a GAF-A blocker) in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of female sexual dysfunction, wherein said testosterone or an analogue thereof is provided such that there is a peak of testosterone or an analogue thereof in the blood circulation of the subject to whom it is administered.
  • a GAF-A blocker would at least partly prevent the binding of PDE5 to cGMP, resulting in smooth muscle cell relaxation.
  • Suitable formulations for testosterone are provided above.
  • the compound capable of at least in part inhibiting the interaction between a GAF-A domain and cGMP (for example a GAF-A blocker) must be dosed and released in such a way that it's effect at least partly coincide with the effect of testosterone, i.e. the effect of said compounds must be present 3.5-5.5 hours after the induced plasma peak in testosterone (or an analogue thereof).
  • the skilled person can, based on the pharmacological kinetics of said compound, easily determine a suitable formulation as well as a suitable concentration for said compounds.
  • a group of 16 women with female sexual dysfunction will receive tadalafil (10 mg) alone, sublingual cyclodextrin-bound testosterone (0.5 mg) alone, tadalafil and sublingual cyclodextrin-bound testosterone combined (resp. 10 mg & 0.5 mg) or a placebo during 4 separate experimental days.
  • the vaginal pulse amplitude will be measured in response to neutral and erotic film excerpts, directly after drug administration, and 4 hours after drug administration.
  • the four experimental days will be separated by (at least) a three-day period.
  • the subject must insert the tampon-shaped vaginal probe (a photoplethysmograph) in order to measure the VPA. Then subjects will view a 10 minute neutral fragment, followed by a 5 minute erotic film fragment. After these baseline measurements, the subjects receive one of the four medication combinations as described above. Following medication another set of neutral (5 minutes) and erotic (5 minutes) film fragments is shown. The vaginal probe will then be removed. After 4 hours another VPA measurement will be made in response to neutral (5 minutes) and erotic (5 minutes) film fragments. Blood pressure (supine and standing), heart rate, respiration rate, and body temperature will be monitored throughout the experimental days.
  • a photoplethysmograph a photoplethysmograph
  • the experimental will be preceded by a screening visit. In this screening visit subjects are interviewed and examined by a resident of the department of gynecology of Flevo Hospital, Almere to diagnose for FSD and to determine eligibility for study participation. Subjects will be asked to fill out a questionnaire; the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Subjects will be screened to exclude pregnancy or breast feeding, vaginal infections, major operations to the vagina and/or vulva, undetected major gynecological illnesses or unexplained gynecological complaints. Weight, height, blood pressure (supine and standing) will be measured. Cardiovascular condition will be tested and ECG checked for significant abnormalities.
  • FSFI Female Sexual Function Index
  • a group of 16 women with female sexual dysfunction will receive prazosin (0.5 mg) alone, sublingual cyclodextrin-bound testosterone (0.5 mg) alone, tadalafil and sublingual cyclodextrin-bound testosterone combined (resp. 0.5 mg & 0.5 mg) or a placebo during 4 separate experimental days.
  • the vaginal pulse amplitude will be measured in response to neutral and erotic film excerpts, directly after drug administration, and 4 hours after drug administration.
  • the four experimental days will be separated by (at least) a three-day period.
  • the subject must insert the tampon-shaped vaginal probe (a photoplethysmograph) in order to measure the VPA. Then subjects will view a 10 minute neutral fragment, followed by a 5 minute erotic film fragment. After these baseline measurements, the subjects receive one of the four medication combinations as described above. Following medication another set of neutral (5 minutes) and erotic (5 minutes) film fragments is shown. The vaginal probe will then be removed. After 4 hours another VPA measurement will be made in response to neutral (5 minutes) and erotic (5 minutes) film fragments. Blood pressure (supine and standing), heart rate, respiration rate, and body temperature will be monitored throughout the experimental days.
  • a photoplethysmograph a photoplethysmograph
  • the experimental will be preceded by a screening visit. In this screening visit subjects are interviewed and examined by a resident of the department of gynecology of Flevo Hospital, Almere to diagnose for FSD and to determine eligibility for study participation. Subjects will be asked to fill out a questionnaire; the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Subjects will be screened to exclude pregnancy or breast feeding, vaginal infections, major operations to the vagina and/or vulva, undetected major gynecological illnesses or unexplained gynecological complaints. Weight, height, blood pressure (supine and standing) will be measured. Cardiovascular condition will be tested and ECG checked for significant abnormalities.
  • FSFI Female Sexual Function Index

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